Access to Contextually Relevant System and Application Settings

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device, user input regarding a settings access bar;
• responsive to receiving the user input:
• identifying an application that is executing on the computing device;
• determining an application setting that is specific to the application;
• determining a system setting that is implemented by the computing device and that is applicable to a plurality of applications, the plurality of application including the application;
• and
• causing display of the settings access bar along at least a portion of an edge of a display associated with the computing device, the settings access bar comprising an application section and a system section, the settings access bar including a first interface element in the application section to enable the application setting to be configured and a second interface element in the system section to enable the system setting to be configured;
• receiving additional user input selecting at least one of the first interface element or the second interface element;
• and
• based at least in part on receiving the additional user input, configuring at least one of the application setting or the system setting.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving user input regarding a settings window;
• identifying an application that is implemented on the system;
• determining an application setting that is specific to the application;
• determining a system setting that is implemented by the system and that is applicable to a plurality of applications, the plurality of applications including the application;
• based at least in part on receiving the user input, displaying the settings window, the settings window including a first interface element associated with changing the application setting and a second interface element associated with changing the system setting;
• receiving additional user input selecting at least one of the first interface element or the second interface element;
• and
• changing at least one of the application setting or the system setting.

One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, configure the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

• receiving user input regarding a settings window;
• identifying an application that is implemented by the computing device;
• determining an application setting that is specific to the application;
• determining a system setting that is implemented by the computing device and that is applicable to a plurality of applications, the plurality of applications including the application;
• based at least in part on receiving the user input, displaying the settings window, the settings window including a first interface element associated with changing the application setting and a second interface element associated with changing the system setting;
• receiving additional user input selecting at least one of the first interface element or the second interface element;
• and
• changing at least one of the application setting or the system setting.